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Auditions for Urinetown by 2nd Star Productions, Oct 9-10

Auditions for Urinetown by 2nd Star Productions, Oct 9-10

2nd Star Productions announces auditions for:
Urinetown the Musical
Director: Davis Wootton-Klebanoff
Music Director: Jenni Butler
Choreographer: Summer Moore
Producers: Karen Monteith & Crista Drysdale

Audition Dates: October 9 – 10, 2023
Sun. Oct. 8, Mon. Oct. 9, and Tues. Oct. 10, at 7:00pm; Callbacks will be Wed. Oct. 11 at 7:00pm, if needed.

Performances: February 9 – March 2, 2024

Location: 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America’s greatest art forms.

In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity’s most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he’s had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

For more information, including parts to be cast, and to request a timed audition slot or submit a video audition, click here.

Rotten Apple at the Bowie CPA, Sep 16-17

Rotten Apple at the Bowie CPA, Sep 16-17

BLNK Entertainment Presents:
Rotten Apple
by Barry Battle

September 16 – 17, 2023
Saturday, September 16 at 7:00pm
Sunday, September 17 at 4:00pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

A man tormented by failed dreams is unwittingly given an opportunity to relocate his family to The Big Apple. His struggle between passion and family draws thin when a Rotten Apple enters their lives. Blinded by selfishness, will the foundation of which he’s built his home withstand or implode?

Tickets: $75 – $90. Click here.

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Sep 15-Oct 14

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical by 2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse, Sep 15-Oct 14

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse presents:
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
Book by Dennis Kelly
Songs by Tim Minchin
Director: Angela Germanos
Music Directors: Sarah Mitchell & Joseph Simon
Choreographer: Rosslyn Burrs
Producers: Katie Riegel & Laura Fisher

September 15 – October 14, 2023; Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm

2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse

Inspired by the twisted genius of Roald Dahl, the Tony Award-winning Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical is the captivating masterpiece from the Royal Shakespeare Company that revels in the anarchy of childhood, the power of imagination and the inspiring story of a girl who dreams of a better life. With book by Dennis Kelly and original songs by Tim Minchin, Matilda has won 47 international awards and continues to thrill sold-out audiences of all ages around the world.

Matilda is a little girl with astonishing wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers. She’s unloved by her cruel parents but impresses her schoolteacher Miss Honey. During her first term at school, the two forge a bond as Miss Honey begins to recognize and appreciate Matilda’s extraordinary personality. Matilda’s school life isn’t completely smooth sailing, however – the school’s mean headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, hates children and just loves to punish those who don’t abide by her rules. But Matilda has courage and cleverness in equal amounts, and could be the school pupils’ saving grace!

Tickets for shows at Bowie Playhouse are $25.00 for General Admission, $22.00 for seniors (60 and over), military and full time students, and $15 for Children 11 and under. Buy tickets here.

The Motherland Comedy Festival at the Bowie CPA, Sep 3

The Motherland Comedy Festival at the Bowie CPA, Sep 3

Cee… Y! presents:
The Motherland Comedy Festival

Sunday September 3, 2023 at 6pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Cee… Y! presents The Motherland Comedy Festival, featuring Dude in da corner, Mary Love, MC Attraction, Koffi Williams, Anna Mwalagho, Jedi, Holy Mallam, Alfred Kainga, Abdul Jalloh, Bibi Candy, and Grandkomanda.

Tickets: $50 to $100. Click here.

Auditions for The Old Settler by the Bowie Community Theatre, Aug 18 & 19

Auditions for The Old Settler by the Bowie Community Theatre, Aug 18 & 19

Bowie Community Theatre announces auditions for:
The Old Settler
by John Henry Redwoods
directed by Lorraine Brooks

Audition Dates/Times:
August 18, 2023 – 7 PM – 9 PM
August 19, 2023 – 1 PM – 3 PM
Callback (if needed) – August 31. 2023 – 7 PM

Audition location: Grace Lutheran Church, 2503 Belair Drive, Bowie, MD

Performance location: Bowie Community Theatre at the Bowie Playhouse

Performances: November 10 – December 10, 2023, excluding November 24-26
Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, Sunday matinees at 2PM

In World War II Harlem, New York, a fifty-five-year-old spinster (or as they were called in those days—an Old Settler), Elizabeth Borny, takes in a young male roomer, Husband Witherspoon, to help her with the rent. Husband has come to Harlem from South Carolina to search for his girlfriend, Lou Bessie Preston. Also living with Elizabeth is her sister, Quilly McGrath, fifty-three. There is an ominous cloud of tension that hangs over Elizabeth and Quilly’s relationship. This tension is further exacerbated when Elizabeth and Husband take to liking each other. Quilly, who doesn’t like Husband living with them in the first place, surely doesn’t approve of their “carrying on,” especially since Elizabeth is old enough to be Husband’s mother. It is this “carrying on” that exposes a thirty-year-old wound which, until now, only had a bandage—now the wound can heal for the sisters.

For more information, including roles to be cast, click here.